Monteverdi - Madrigals, Book 8 'Hor che'l ciel e la terra' (Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain)

From the Festival d’Ambronay, 2017
Geoffroy Jourdain and the French group Les Cris de Paris perform the Eighth Book of the Madrigals, the work of 17th-century Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi

Geoffroy Jourdain - conductor
Les Cris de Paris

Claudio Monteverdi - Hor che'l ciel e la terra

A co-production of
Ozango - Le Festival d’Ambronay - Radio France - Les Cris de Paris
with the participation of France Télévisions
in association with M_Media
in partnership with France Musique

Video director: Olivier Simonnet

[Liamoconnor]

Monteverdi only Monteverdi, always Monteverdi

[ericgrundmann]

Une des versions les plus convaincantes que j'aie entendues de ce madrigal, pas trop lente, avec une belle progression, des contrastes saisissants, une attention spéciale accordée aux instruments, le tout sans rien de guindé, dans une interprétation à la fois collective et individuelle, profondément habitée.

[dgurina]

Это восхитительно! И музыка, и исполнение! Чудо!❤

[RudolfSauser]

A very good and dramatic version of this masterpiece. I have made a scenical production of it (with Cappella Agostino Steffani) in the Herrenhausen Festival in Hannover. I never had so many people coming at the end of the performances with tears in their eyes. I had chosen to make that Madrigal twice: at the end of the first part and once again in a different scenic version to conclude the production of the 8th Madrigal Book. It is one of the most touching pieces I have ever made as regisseur.

[insightsmagazine]

Godly voices, smooth adaptive continua, amazing lively interpretation, a joy for the ear. Bravo. Not forgetting the genius of Monteverdi who built in so many ingenious constructions and haunting harmonies (and disharmonies).

[parcivalg.]

Bellissimo! Monteverdi è meraviglioso, bravi i qui presenti maestri che hanno eseguito magistralmente il brano.

[trishtraynor]

And a very good morning to you! What a wonderful start to my day. 💆🎶 I have synaesthesia and I feel and see sounds. Some of these harmonic intervals will keep me smiling all day. Thank you xx

[monicamolinaro]

Un brano di bellezza e pregio senza tempo, commovente
Bravi!

[odisseu]

Hor che 'l ciel et la terra e 'l vento tace
et le fere e gli augelli il sonno affrena,
Notte il carro stellato in giro mena
et nel suo letto il mar senz'onda giace,

veggio, penso, ardo, piango; et chi mi sface
sempre m'è inanzi per mia dolce pena:
guerra è 'l mio stato, d'ira et di duol piena,
et sol di lei pensando ò qualche pace.

Cosí sol d'una chiara fonte viva
move 'l dolce et l'amaro ond'io mi pasco;
una man sola mi risana et punge;

e perché 'l mio martir non giunga a riva,
mille volte il dí moro et mille nasco,
tanto da la salute mia son lunge.

Petrarca


À présent que le Ciel, la terre et le vent se sont tus,
Que le sommeil retient les fauves et les oiseaux,
Que la nuit mène en sa ronde son char étoilé,
Et que dans son lit repose la mer calme,

Je veille, je pense, je brûle, je pleure ; et qui me tue
Est toujours devant moi pour ma douce peine :
La guerre est mon état, pleine de douleur et de colère ;
Et ce n’est qu’en pensant à elle que j’ai un peu de paix.

Ainsi seul dans une source unique, vive et claire
Se trouvent la douceur et l’amertume dont je me repais ;
Et c’est la même main qui me guérit et me blesse.

Et comme mon martyre n’a pas de fin,
Mille fois le jour je meurs et mille fois je renais ;
Car de ma guérison je suis bien éloigné.

Traduction: Jean-François Lattarico


Now, while the sky and earth and wind are still,
And the birds and beasts are held in sleep,
Night’s starry chariot makes its round
And in its bed calm lies the ocean.

I watch, brood, burn and weep; and she, my undoing,
Is ever before me, causing such sweet sorrow:
Warfare is my state, full of anger and pain,
And only thoughts of her bring me peace.

Thus from a single pure and welling source
Come the sweetness and suffering on which I feed;
A single hand both heals and wounds me.

And, since I see no end to my anguish,
A thousand times a day I die and am reborn,
So far am I from my salvation’s source.

Translation: Mary Pardoe

[ЛюбовьКлочко-сф]

Как хорошо, что где-то есть человек, разделяющий твой восторг!

[richardmartin]

Stunning interweaving of the polar oppositions expressed in the Italian text (with an appended English translation) with the musical genius flowing thru inspired Monteverdi modalities! Spirit soars, heart breaks, Life flows!

[donmigueldecuenca]

Wow...just superb! Great music. and what a performance! Kudos to all, and thanks for posting.

[arianaa]

sublime! grande esecuzione!complimenti

[dion]

Their version clocks in at nearly 4 minutes under Concerto Italiano's. Not a criticism. I like all versions of this madrigal I've heard. Just pointing out the wide variation in performance.

[Milefile]

Baroque music shows us that the Holy Trinity inspired Western music and gave us the structure within which musical expression rightly functions. Peace flows from order.

[angelinamaria]

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[matiasrodrigues]

1:01 if have imagination, it can looks like the girl is doing the bass

[Bleifrosch]

great performance, but way too fast in my opinion

[dion]

It's too bad music didn't remain as concentrated as this.

[ellebi]

Esagerato, Fastidioso, anti musicale.